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9 Best Creative Writing Books

Goal: Find the best Creative Writing books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best creative writing books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

9 Best Creative Writing Books

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1

Bird by Bird

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

by Anne Lamott

2

On Writing

A Memoir of the Craft

by Stephen King

3

The War of Art

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

by Steven Pressfield

4

The Artist's Way

Morning Pages Journal

by Julia Cameron

5

Feel Free

Essays

by Zadie Smith

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama

6

Writing Down the Bones

Freeing the Writer Within

by Natalie Goldberg

Also recommended by:

Tim Ferriss

7

Find Your Voice

A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth

by Angie Thomas

8

Linguistics

Why It Matters

by Geoffrey K. Pullum

9

On Poetry

by Jonathan Davidson

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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